The Bow-chelor: Doggy Style - Episode 3

My third date was with that fluffy adorable Lhasa Apso Abby!

She's a fellow New Yorker like me (though she lives upstate) so I had a surprise or two in store for this little girl. 

After picking her up at Penn Station, we stayed right on 34th Street and headed to the ferry dock. I told her we were going on a scenic cruise around Manhattan. She seemed a bit disappointed but soon her ears were perked up and her tail wagging again.

I guess she thought we might have been going on a fancier boat...

We passed by that gorgeous lady of the harbor, the Statue of Liberty. 

There were still a few fireworks going off since July 4th. We have a really big display in New York - it goes on for the entire month of July!

Then we made our way up the East River and stopped at another ferry wharf. Suddenly Abby started barking excitedly! "Yankee Stadium, next stop?" she asked. "That's right!" I said. That's when she noticed that the ferry boat we were on was named The Yankee Clipper, after a famous Yankee Loving Joe...

No, not that Yankee Loving Joe...Joe DiMaggio.

Abby was a wriggling mess by the time the Cathedral came into view. This is the last season at Yankee Stadium after all. We were both quite emotional.

I handed our tickets to her. You'll notice there are three tickets. You're never going to guess who we were sitting with!!!

It was a beautiful day. A perfect day for a baseball game. Abby and I held paws as we walked to our seats behind the Yankees dugout.

Abby couldn't believe who we were sitting with! And in Alex Rodriguez's seats!

Doesn't Abby look cool in her groovy purple sunglasses and her Yankees' cap? Madge (she told us to call her that!) wanted to know where she'd bought them. (She also wanted to know who does my haircolor. I told her I was a natural blonde.)

I summoned the beer guy and bought drinks for the ladies...

It's just not a ballgame without an icy cold brew and some peanuts, right? 

My stomach was still a touch queasy from the pizza (NOT the Pawtinis, Dewey!) so I just let the ladies split the sausage with onions and peppers. Boy, for a skinny girl, Madge sure does know her way around a sausage! She kept referring to it as a "banger" with that funny quasi-English accent of hers and knowing her past reputation, I was afraid things might get too racy for Abby. She is a rather sweet young doggie, after all.

I noticed A-Rod kept looking for someone in the grandstands...who could it be?

Ends up it was Abby!!!! He refers to her as A-DOG and claims she's his soulmate!!!! She's been taking him to Kaballhaso classes (they're kinda like obedience school classes). 

 You should have seen his reaction when he finally spotted her in the stands! 

Needless to say, there were hecklers there from Boston who held up photos of Abby to distract A-Rod whenever he came up to bat. (She's one cute platinum blonde, isn't she?)

In the fourth inning, I caught this fly ball! It's in perfect condition, except for a few teethmarks.
During the 7th Inning Stretch, we stopped at the souvenir stand and picked this up for Joey.

And this patch for Tanner to sew on his cape.
It was a perfect evening—we even won the game!!! They picked Abby and I out of our seats and carried us around the field. Then they put us down and let us write our names in the outfield. History in the making...

Right on cue, the blimp flew over the stadium and spelled out:

"Abby, will you accept this rose?"

She looked around, but A-Rod had already headed towards the locker room, so I had to explain that it was from me.  Now to wait for reply...

Postscript: I'm home now, watching The Wizard of Oz on television which despite the scary spots is the BEST movie ever! You know why?
Because Toto was a Cairn Terrier from Kansas, just like me (only about 10 pounds lighter and gray!). I'm petitioning MGM to change the name to "Toto Saves the Day!"